Curtain bracket



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Patented Sept. 29, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 claim.

This invention relates to curtain brackets and has for its general object to provide a. construction which will allow curtains to enclose a. Venetian blind.

Another object of the invention is to provide a Construction which will prevent the need of hammering nails into walls in order to provide tie-backs for a curtain.

Another object is to provide a curtain bracket which is simple in design and easy to manufacture.

These and other objects may be readily discovered upon reading the following specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a window shown incorporating the invention.

Figure 2 is a, perspective view of the invention Figure 3 is a view of the blank from which the curtain bracket is formed.

Figure 4 is a ragmentary perspective View of the lower end of the curtain bracket.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a door shown incorporating a modified form of the invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of the curtain bracket shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view through 1--1 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a curtain 'being admitted upon the bracket.

Fgure 9 is a perspective View showing a still further modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and particularly to Figure 2, the bracket o is formed having a horizontal extension ll and a vertical extension !2. The horizontal extension is provided with holes l3, so that the bracket may be mounted by screws to the front part of a Venetian blind 'box !4. The vertical extension has cut-out members 15, which when bent outwardly as shown in Figure 2, serve as hooks, whereupon tie-backs may be hung. This bracket while shown in the drawings as made in one piece and bent at !6 so that the vertical extension is offset in relation to the horizontal extension, may however be made of two separate straight bars and spot-welded together to form the design shown. The bracket preferably should be made of metal. It will be noted that a right hand and left hand bracket will be required for each window.

In Figura 6 the modified type of bracket is made of two U-shaped members !1 and 18 and a connecting member le therebetween. Members l'l and [8 are provided with holes 20 whereby to be mounted by screws to a door, as shown in Figure 5. rhis bracket when assembled creates space 2l within which a Venetian blind box is mounted, and a curtain hanging from said bracket will completely hide the Venetian blind.

The modified form of the invention shown in Figure 9 is made up of brackets as shown in Figure 2 and a variation of the bracket shown in Figure 6 in combination. The brackets o are provided with holes ZI at their upper end through which screws 22 may be passed into brackets 23 and 24 making the whole a solid structure. Sliding member 25 is provided to engage the two ends of the brackets 23 and 24 and may be operated as shown also in Figure 8.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the Construction, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A curtain bracket having a, horizontal extension with mounting holes therein and a Vertical extension offset forwardly in relation to the horizontal extension, said vertical extension having hooks formed therein, holes being provided in the upper ends of the vertical extensions and L -shaped members attached thereto, and a slideable connecting member engaging the ends of the two L-shaped members.

ANN F. WOODWARD,

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